[Remote] Tax Accountant

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dark Horse CPAs is hiring a Tax Accountant to serve esports organizations, content creators, and businesses in competitive gaming and digital entertainment. The role focuses primarily on preparing tax returns and supporting tax planning, with additional client accounting work and growth into first-level review.

Responsibilities

• Prepare individual (1040), S corporation (1120S), partnership (1065), and C corporation (1120) returns
• Handle the revenue mechanics specific to this space: sponsorship and tournament income, platform and creator payouts, prize distributions, brand deals, licensing, and royalties
• Prepare multi-state returns and apportionment workpapers for clients whose rosters, tours, and events cross jurisdictions
• Build clean workpapers that support the positions taken on the return
• Research federal and state tax questions and summarize findings in plain language
• Support tax planning delivery, including quarterly estimates and year-end projections
• Grow into first-level review as experience and judgment develop
• Maintain cash-basis books in QuickBooks Online
• Reconcile accounts and prepare periodic financial statements
• Clean up records for clients arriving with incomplete bookkeeping
• Across both, you’ll manage a portfolio of clients alongside the Principal, keep work moving against deadlines, and escalate early when something looks off

Skills

• Two to four years of tax preparation experience in public accounting
• Genuine interest in esports, competitive gaming, content creation, or the creator economy, with enough familiarity to speak credibly about how these businesses make money
• Preparation experience across individual, S corporation, and partnership returns
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field
• Working knowledge of QuickBooks Online and cash-basis bookkeeping
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to carry a client portfolio without constant prompting
• Comfort learning new software quickly, including AI-assisted preparation tools
• Coachable, with a genuine interest in being developed
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship, now and in the future
• Hands-on accounting or tax experience serving clients in esports, content creation, sports, or entertainment
• Direct experience with esports organizations or professional content creators specifically, as opposed to adjacent sports and entertainment work
• CPA or EA license, or active progress toward one
• Multi-state and apportionment experience
• Intuit ProConnect and Karbon
• Exposure to trust, estate, or international reporting

Benefits

• 100 percent remote work environment
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance contributions
• 4 percent 401(k) match
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible schedule
• Support toward CPA or EA licensure

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